Vibratory body stabilizer table



W. F. MOTT VIBRATORY BODY STABILIZER TABLE June 21, 1960 2 Sheets-Sheet1 Filed Sept. 26. 1958 INVENTOR.

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Filed Sept. 26, 1958, S81. N0. 763,628

7 Claims. (Cl. 128-241) This invention relates to improvements invibratory massage tables, for therapeutic treatments of the human body,and more particularly to an improved device of this kind which involvesmovable table top end sections and a movable and vibratory middle tabletop section located between the end sections, and motor means forimparting various movements of the sections relative to each other.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple, efficient,and effective device of the character indicated above the movements ofwhose sections produces in the body of a patient reclining thereon,adjustment of internal organs to normal positions, restoration andstimulation of blood and other body fluid circulation, relief of nervoustensions, and aid in reducing obesity, through the simultaneousapplication to the body of vibration and of heat supplied by heated padmeans covering the table top. 7

Another important object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter indicated above whose table top end sections have insulatedtop walls upon Which are fixed electrical heating elements in a mannerprecluding shifting or buckling of the heating elements, the heatingelements being covered by removable resilient pads Secured in placewhich conduct the heat directly to the body of the patient.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter indicated above which is of uncomplicated construction, isreadily adjustable for different desired amplitudes of vibration of thetable top sections, and which is composed of a relatively small number.of simple and easily assembled parts, and which can be made in ruggedand serviceable forms at relatively low cost.

Other important objects and advantageous features of the invention Willbe apparent from the following description and the accompanyingdrawings, wherein, for purposes of illustration only, a specific form ofthe invention is set forth in detail.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device of the invention the sectionsthereof being in horizontal alignment with each other;

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical transverse section taken on the line 22of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section taken on the line33 of Figure 1, showing the sections in horizontal alignment in fulllines, and in tilted positions in phantom lines; and

Figure 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring in detail to the drawings, wherein like numorals designatelike parts throughout the several views,

Patented June 21, 1960 suitably secured at their lower ends, asindicated at 20, to the outer sides of the side walls 14 at midlengthpoints thereof and have upper ends 22 provided with journals 2 4,through which extends a transverse axle 26 having retaining heads 28 onits outer ends, and positioned at a desired level above the base 10.

Rockably supported on the axle 26 and on pivoted struts, as hereinafterdescribed, is a longitudinally elongated table top assembly, generallydesignated 30, which comprises a relatively short middle section 32, andtwo relatively long end sections 34 and 36, located at opposite ends ofthe middle section. The sections 32, 34 and 36 are preferably of thesame width and the end sections 34 and 36 of the same length.

The middle table top section 32 comprises upper and lower plates 38 and40, respectively, the lower plate 40 preferably having a portion 42longitudinally offset toward one side of the upper plate 38, as shown inFigure 3. The plates 38 and 40 are vertically spaced and connected toeach other by side walls 44 having contralized holes 46 in their upperportions, through which the axle 26 extends, as shown in Figure 2,whereby the middle section 32 is rockably supported on the axle 26between the standards 18. A vertical lever 48 has an upper portion 50extending through the lower plate 40 and journaled on the axle 26 aboutmidway between the side walls 44, and a lower portion 52 depending belowthe lower plate 40, and disposed at right angles to the plates 38 and46.

The lower end of the depending portion 52 of the lever 48 is pivotallyconnected, as indicated at 54, to the adjacent end of a pitman 56, whichis pivotally connected at its remote end, as indicated at 58, to aneccentric portion of a flywheel crank 60 on the output shaft 62 of aspeed reducing gear assembly 64, which is mounted on the base plate 10beneath the table top end section 36. An electric motor 66 isoperatively connected in suitable manner, as indicated at 68, to theassembly 64 and is also mounted on the base plate 10. Suitableelectrical wiring (not shown) is connected to the motor 66 and leads toan available current outlet (not shown). Obviously, operation of themotor 66 acts to rock the middle table top section 32 in oppositedirections on the axis of the axle 26, as indicated by phantom lines inFigure 3.

The end table top sections 34 and 36 are similar in construction but arereversed with respect to each other. Each end section is an invertedrectangular box form having a top plate 76, depending longitudinal sidewalls 72, right angular depending outer end walls, and out wardly cantedinner end walls 74. Transversely spaced hinges 76 intervene between andoperatively connect the end edges of the middle section top plate 70 andthe ad jacent ends of the top plates 70 of the end sections 34 and 36,so that the sections are articulated relative to each other forindependent tiltings or vibrations relative to each other, in responseto rocking of the middle section 32 by the motor means above described.

While the end sections 34 and 36 have partial support from the middlesection 32, their principal support is provided by pairs of verticallyelongated struts 78, con nectedby stringers 79, which are hingedlymounted at their lower ends, as indicated at 80, on the inward sides ofbrackets 82 fixed to and rising from the base top plate It), at thesides thereof, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, the pivots being locatedsubstantially at the midlength points of the end sections 34 and 36.

The struts 78 have bifuracted upper portions which define spaced arms 86having at their upper ends facing recesses 88 which embrace laterallyoutwardly extending axles 89 having pintles 90 on their ends, clamped inplace by clamping bolts 92 traversing the arms 86.

The strut pintles 90 are selectively and supportably engageable inrounded fulcrum notches 94, 96 and 98 provided in the lower edges ofbearing plates 100 fixed on .the laterally inward sides of the sidewalls 72 of the end sections 34 and 36 at midlength points thereof. Asshown in Figure 3, the notches 94, 96 and 98 are in lines which discloselongitudinally inwardly relative to the top plates 70 of the respectiveend sections, and guard bars 101 are provided on the plates 100 beneaththe pintles. This arrangement of the notches enables initial adjustmentof the end sections between initial horizontal position to initiallongitudinally inwardly tilted positions, as desired, and also providesfor adjustment of the vertical amplitudes of vibrations of the endsections, when the device is in operation.

An electrical vibrator 99 is mounted on the underside of the offsetportion 42 of the lower plate 40 f the middle table top section 32, forvibrating the middle section 32 when desired, and is to be connected toa current outlet, without connection to the motor 66.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the top plates and the upper edges of theWalls of the middle, and end table top .sections 32, 34 and 36 areoverlaid by electrical heating elements in the form of insulated plates100 which are suitably secured in place against shifting and bucklingand which have suitable wiring (not shown) for connection in the motorcirciut or to an available current outlet.

Upon the top of the heating element plates 100 are suitably securedlaterally spaced longitudinal spacing cleats 102, which with the plates100 and overlying resilient pads 104, preferably of foam rubber, defineheated air chambers 106 between adjacent cleats.

- -As shown in Figures 1 and 3, flexible covers 108, 109 .and 111overlie and extend the lengths of the table top assembly sections 34, 32and 36, respectively, and cover the resilient pads 104, and includeflaps 110 on their ends which are drawn down around the outer ends ofthe sections and are secured removably in place by suitable means, asindicated at 112. The covers can also have longitudinal side flaps 114which depend around and engage the longitudinal sides of the sectionsand are secured thereto as by snap fasteners 113.

While there has been shown and described herein a preferred form of theinvention, it is to be understood that the invention is not necessarilyconfined thereto, and that any change or changes in the structure of andin the relative arrangements of components thereof are contemplated asbeing within the scope of the invention as defined by the claimsappended hereto.

What is claimed is:

.- 1. A vibratory body stabilizer table comprising a base having sidesand ends, a pair of transversely spaced standards fixed at their lowerends on and at opposite sides of and intermediate the ends of the baseand having upper ends, an articulated table top assembly comprising amiddle section and end sections, located at opposite ends of the middlesection, hinge means operatively connecting together adjacent ends ofthe sections, a transverse axle mounted on and extending between theupper ends of the standards upon which said middle section is rockablymounted, vertical struts having lower ends pivoted on the base at pointsbetween said standards and related ends of the base and beneath relatedend sections, said struts having upper ends, lateral pintles on theupper ends of the struts, fulcrum bearing blocks on the end selectionsbetween their ends with which said pintles are pivotally and supportablyengaged, and motor driven rocking means on the base and operativelyconnected to said middle section.

2. In a vibratory body stabilizer table, a base, a pair of transverselyspaced uprights rising from said base intermediate the ends thereot, atransverse axle carried by the upper ends of said uprights, a middlesection and end sections located at opposite ends of the middle sectionand overlying the base, first means swingably and rockably mounting theend sections on the base, second means mounting said middle section onsaid axle so as to rock about said axle as an axis, hinge meansconnecting adjacent ends of the end sections to the middle section, andmotor driven rocking means supported on the base and operativelyconnected to the middle section.

3. A vibratory body stabilizer table according to claim 1, wherein saidtable top assembly sections are relatively rigid and comprise top platesand depending longitudinal side walls, electrical heating element platesoverlying and covering the top plates of the individual sections andsecured in place thereon, spacing means overlying and secured to theheating element plates, and resilient pads overlying and secured to thespacing means and covering individual sections, and individual flexiblecovers secured upon the pads and secured to the sections. 1

4. A vibratory body stabilizer table according to claim 1, wherein saidrocking means comprises an electric motor, reducing gearing operated bythe motor and having an eccentric crank, a vertical lever fixed to anddepending from the middle section, a pitman pivoted at opposite ends tothe lever and to the crank.

5. A vibratory body stabilizer table according to claim 1, wherein saidrocking means comprises an electric motor, reducing gearing operated bythe motor and having an eccentric crank, a vertical lever fixed to anddepending from the middle section, a pitman pivoted at opposite ends tothe lever and to the crank, and an electric vibrator operatively mountedon said middle section.

6. A vibratory body stabilizer according to claim 1, wherein an electricvibrator is mounted on said middle section for imparting vibration tosaid middle section, independently of the motions of the sections.

7. A vibratory body stabilizer table comprising a base having sides andends, a pair of transversely spaced standards fixed at their lower endson and at opposite sides of and intermediate the ends of the base andhaving upper ends, an articulated table top assembly comprising a middlesection and end sections, located at opposite ends of the 'middlesection,'hinge means operatively connecting together adjacent ends ofthe sections, a transverse axle mounted on and extending between theupper ends of the standards upon which said middle section is rockablymounted, vertical struts having lower ends pivoted on the base at pointsbetween said standards and References Cited in the file of this patentUNITED STATES PATENTS 2,152,431 Jensen Mar. 28, 1939 2,179,595 McManisNov. 14, 1939 2,500,508 Bachin Mar. 14, 1950 Tong July 13, 1954

